List of United States articles
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U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the situation with Iran in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington on Jan. 8. Assassination, Extrajudicial Execution, or Targeted Killing—What’s the Difference?
Successive presidents have tried to shape new terminology for political killings. But they’re still mostly illegal.
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A bidder wears a tie depicting a ringing mobile phone prior to the start of Germany’s auction for the construction of an ultra-fast 5G mobile network in Mainz on March 19, 2019. China Isn’t the Only Problem With 5G
The network has plenty of other security weaknesses, including ones the United States doesn’t want to fix since they help its own surveillance efforts.
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A Yemeni artist sitting atop the rubble of a collapsed buiding, plays the aoud during a street performance in Yemen's third city of Taez, on December 6, 2019. Middle Eastern Voices Deserve to Be Heard in Western Media
Coverage of Suleimani’s killing shows locals are still silenced.
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A World Trade Organization sign is seen at WTO headquarters in Geneva on Sept. 21, 2018. Trump’s Real Trade War Is Being Waged on the WTO
By undermining the organization’s dispute resolution body, the administration is undoing decades of rules-based economic cooperation—to the United States’ own peril.
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U.S. forces stand guard on the roof of the U.S. Embassy in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Jan. 1. For Now, U.S. Troops Are Likely in Iraq to Stay
While they’re there, the United States should refocus the partnership toward making the Iraqi Army more self-sufficient. Here’s how.
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Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley arrive for briefing with members of the U.S. House of Representatives about the situation with Iran in Washington on Jan. 8. U.S.-Iran Tensions Fuel New War Powers Debate in Congress
Some lawmakers are outraged at the administration’s defense of Suleimani’s assassination.
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A protester outside the White House U.S. and Iranian Choices Are Getting Dangerously Narrow
Even if neither side wants war, the road ahead is hazardous.
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Iranian mourners gather around a vehicle carrying the coffin of slain general Qassem Suleimani Iran’s Revenge Plans Are Bigger Than Missile Strikes
Iran will use the networks Suleimani built to avenge his death.
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A Great Wall 236 submarine of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy participates in a naval parade in the sea near Qingdao, in eastern China's Shandong province on April 23, 2019. China’s Reach Tests the Pacific’s Fragile Island Democracies
The United States and Australia must work together to support Pacific states.
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U.S. President Donald Trump makes a statement on Iran at the Mar-a-Lago estate. What Explains Trump Pulling the Trigger on Suleimani? It’s the Economics, Stupid.
With the United States now a net exporter of oil, and with Iran’s economy battling historic levels of inflation, Trump held a more favorable set of cards than his predecessors did.
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U.S. President Donald Trump leaves the podium after making a statement on Iran at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, on Jan. 3. Trump’s ‘Wag the Dog’ Moment
We were in the White House when President Bill Clinton was wrongly accused of using military power to aid his own political fortunes. Here’s why this time is different.
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Protesters hold pictures of Iranian commander Qassem Suleimani Suleimani Is Dead, but Diplomacy Shouldn’t Be
Neither the United States nor Iran can afford the price of war.
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Iranians gather around a vehicle carrying the caskets of the slain military commander Qassem Suleimani and others during a funeral procession in the northern city of Qom on Jan. 6. Killing Suleimani Has United Iranians Like Never Before
Even among reformers, the fallen general was seen as a hero who stayed out of domestic politics.
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Iranian protestors carry a symbolic coffin wrapped in a U.S. flag during the funeral procession of Gen. Qassem Suleimani in Tehran on Jan. 6. The Middle East Is More Stable When the United States Stays Away
As the assassination of Suleimani shows, it might be Washington that is the main spoiler in the region.
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Protesters gather at Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq, amid ongoing anti-government demonstrations. There Is Nothing Left for Americans to Do in Iraq
Qassem Suleimani and Tehran have won the battle for Baghdad. U.S. policymakers should understand that—and leave.
